A growing number of women in Islamic countries have turned in recent years to serious study of their religion: memorizing the Quran, learning to recite it properly, and studying hadith and other aspects of Islam. An American-made documentary, The Light in Her Eyes, shows how this religious movement can also foster greater freedom for women in traditional societies. The focus of the film, Syrian preacher Houda al-Habash, established her summer Quran school for girls in 1982, when she was just ...
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